Shed for drying bricks



J. EVANS.

'SHED FOR DRYING BRICKS.

No. 249,144. Patented N0v.1,1881'.'

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JAMES EVANS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,144, dated November 1, 1881. Application filed September 529, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES EVANS, of South Broad street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sheds for Drying Bricks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for protecting green bricks made of tempered clay from the weather while drying; and it consists in a. skeleton covered rack having removable shelves, which are made to slide in sidewise upon end cross-pieces. The shelves are entered from each side and are placed one over the other. In this position all the bricks are easily turned by the Workmen,who pass up and down between the drying-sheds. These shelves, havin gbeen removed from therack, are coveredwith raw bricks and then replaced in the rack,where the bricks are protected from rain-storms and other injury by the weather until dried sufficiently for the kiln.

Figure l is a side elevation of the skeletonrack. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the racks as they stand in the yard. Fig. 3 shows one shelf and bricks in perspective.

The rack consists of a ground-fran'ie, B, vertical upright posts (3, a roof, D, removable shelves E, resting on strips H, and a stop, K.

M represents the bricks on their flat sides m as set on edge.

In the manufacture of bricks from tempered clay the bricks have been removed from the mold and placed upon the floor of the yard, ex-

' posed to the cracking influence of the sun and frost, and the washing by storms and heavy rains. Millions of bricks are annually destroyed in this way, either while they are laid flat on the yard-floor or when hacked into stacks. The shelves, having been removed from the rack, are covered with raw bricks j ust from the mold to about six in number to each shelf. The bricks are placed on the shelves either at the machine or wheeled t0 the .rack and there placed on the shelves, which have been previously removed. The shelves are then replaced in the rack, as shown at M, and when the bricks are sufficiently dry they are edged up, as shown at m, and remain until removed to the kiln. Y

By my construction of a dryingrack sufficient room is provided for the operator to turn the bricks and pat the same while standing outside of the shed. Traps may be used with these racks, as they have been used to protect bricks when hacked into stacks, and the racks can be braced at the top one to the other. By these means the bricks are protected from the cracking influence of the sun, and injury by frost or storm, or the washing by heavy rains, and much less floor-space is needed during the drying of bricks.

Iam aware that sheds for drying green brick have been made of uprights arranged at the four corners of a rectangle, provided With notches and supporting an inclined roof, the rails being fixed in said notches, and a series of transverse removable drying-boards extending across the shed and resting with theireuds upon the side rails, and such I do not claim.

I claim- The covered skeleton-rack herein shown for drying green bricks, consisting of the combination of a ground-frame, vertical posts, roof, removable sliding shelves resting on strips,

and stops for limiting the sliding movement of 7 5 said shelves, all arranged su bstan'tiall y as speci= fied.

J AS. EVANS. Witnesses EDWD. BROWN, JOHN F. GRANT. 

